The recent
decision of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,
and the former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to mend fences
in the interest of their party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the
development of the country has been lauded as exceptional.
A chieftain
of the APC in the South-South region and one-time spokesman of the defunct new
People's Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who commended the
two political leaders and former governors of two oil-rich states in the Niger
Delta; Rivers and Akwa-Ibom respectively, noted that the selfless decision
would in the end payoff for the stability of the Niger Delta region, give the
APC a surer footing in the region, even as it would curtail the divisive
intents of external Intruders, who had worked to deprive the region of its
pride of place in the party.
It would be
recalled that both Amaechi and Akpabio had recently met in the Abuja home of
Alhaji Nasiru Danu, an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, having both their
host and the Director of Strategic Communications of the APC Presidential
Campaign Council, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), as witnesses, had both resolved to
bury all grievances, work together for the interest of the party, the Niger Delta
region and for the success of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The meeting,
which took place at the private residence of Alhaji Danu in the Asokoro region
of Abuja, lasted several hours, during which the leaders frankly and honestly
talked about their various disagreements from their days as Governors in PDP
and in the then Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF).
Eze,
however, commended Alhaji Danu, (the Dan
Amarna of Dutse) and Barrister Keyamo for the peace-maker role they played in
the process, noting that the bold step recently taken by the two key Niger
Delta and Nigeria's political actors is in the best interest of both the region
and Nigeria, adding that the effect of it had started reverberating and causing
those with selfish ulterior motives, both within the party and outside serious
sleepless nights.
"At the
end, both leaders agreed to close ranks and work in unison for the overall
interest of the party, their region and the country. They promised to put
behind them all previous perceived misgivings between them and to give a
positive direction to the teeming supporters of the party across the country.
"These
two great political giants need no much introduction and sadly their political
differences even during their days as Governors of their states have always polarized
issues that would have been of common interest to the region, which other
political leaders from other regions have always capitalized on to deny the
region some of its rights in areas of development and appointments.
"Their
coming together will put a stop to such negative impact on the socio-economy of
the region and will cause the region to take its rightful position in the
political setup of Nigeria.
"I
therefore commend and congratulate these two illustrious sons of Niger Delta
region for this bold step that will checkmate external intruders that don't
have the interest of the region at heart.
"I
expect these two to galvanize and mobilize other leaders of the region so that
collectively they can present a common front that will enhance and speed up the
emancipation and development of the region as the region can no longer continue
to lay the eggs that feed this nation and continue to suffer deprivation and
lack of development", Eze said.
ENDS
Source: Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
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